High potential and gifted education

Some students learn faster and more easily than others. These students may shine in creativity, thinking, leadership or sport.

At our school, we recognise and nurture these strengths early. We support advanced learners with great lessons and activities to help them grow and thrive.

What is high potential and gifted education?

At Carenne School, every learner’s potential is our priority. Many students have high potential and we help that potential to grow into something powerful. Our teachers find potential and nurture our students to be the best they can be. We are committed to developing high potential across 4 domains:

Creative

Intellectual

Physical

Social-emotional

Our staff have embraced HPGE through a shared lens for recognising potential in students with complex needs. Our school has active links with other nearby schools and their local communities. Our school also works with other SSPs to share our expertise and classroom resources for the benefit of all students.

High potential and gifted education (HPGE) is how our school supports students with advanced learning needs.

We do this through:

effective teaching strategies like enrichment, extension and acceleration

tailored support during lessons that stretch, challenge and inspire

access to a wide range of opportunities both within and beyond our school.

Our high potential and gifted education opportunities

Our students engage with HPGE education in the classroom, in our school, and across NSW.

In our classroom

Differentiated tasks that adjust pace, complexity and higher order thinking.

Formative assessment to monitor growth and adapt learning.

Explicit teaching of problem-solving strategies.

Tasks that promote choice, authenticity and creative thinking.

Supportive learning environments that enable exploration.

Strengths based goal setting.

Opportunities for leadership within the classroom.

Safe learning environments that encourage confidence, risk taking and perseverance.

Across our school

STEM activities

Visual arts and drama showcases

Student leadership (SRC)

Wellbeing programs

Participation in whole-school inclusion and wellbeing initiatives.

Across NSW

Involvement in the Game Changer Challenge empowers our students to solve future-focused problems using design thinking.

The Schools Spectacular is an iconic performing arts event that celebrates the talents, diversity and creativity of students from across NSW public schools.

The Premier’s Sporting Challenge (PSC) promotes whole-school participation in physical activity with leadership pathways and professional learning.

The Representative School Sport Pathway and PSSA and CHSSA events enable our students to trial and compete in sports at regional, state and national levels, fostering discipline, commitment and collaboration.